Holder for pillow-shams



(No Model.)

' w. JOHNSTON. HOLDER FOR PILLOW SHAMS.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

IVILLIAM JOHNSTON, OF MENOMINEE, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ABRAMWV. MARLATT, OF MARINETTE, XVISOONSIN.

HQLDER FOR PILLOW-SHAMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 450,0? 5, dated April7, 1891.

Application filed September 11, 1890. $erial No. 364,681. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM JOHNSTON, a

citizen of Menominee, in the county of Menominee and State of xMichigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders forPillow-Shams; and I do hereby declare the following; to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to an improvement in holders for pillow-shams, andhas for its object to produce a device for the purpose stated whichshall be very simple in construction, cheap to manufacture, andeffectivein the performance of its function.

A further object is to so construct the device that it may readily bethrown from the pillows and against the upper portion of the head of thebed, and at the same time hold the shams in proper position when loweredupon the pillows.

A further object is to construct the device in such manner that theentire frame, springs, &c., will be out of sight.

-With these objects in View the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, ashereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claims. 7

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a View showing myimprovementsattached to the head-board of a bed, with the frame in its normalposition. Fig. 2 is a view of the device, showing the frame thrown up.Fig. 3 is a detached view of the crank-shaft.

A represents the head board of a bed, to which a thin strip of wood a issecured and made to extend from side to side thereof. Secured to thecenter of this strip and projecting forwardly from it is a bar b,preferably of wood, having a recess 0 at its center, said bar beingbraced by means of a series of blocks d, two of which are located at theends of the bar and two atthe center at opposite sides of the recess 0.Secured to and projecting downwardly from the central blocks (1 is abracket 6, preferably of wire, for the reception of the lower ends oftwo or more coiled springs f, or, if desired, one large coiled spring.The upper ends of the springs f are connected to the crank-arm g of ashaft h, mounted on the bar I). The free ends of the shaft are bent atright angles to produce arms a, having lateral projections jat theirends. Pivotally connected to the laterallyprojecting portions j is aframe l3, consisting of two parallel strips 1 1, parallel cross-bars 22, connecting said strips at points between their ends, and diagonalcross-bars 3 3 at the ends of the frame, all of which partsarepreferably made of light strips of wood. Secured to the upper strip 1 isa piece of tape 4, to which the pillow-sham may be pinned. Vith thedevice thus constructed the pillow-shams may be held in proper position.They may be thrown up. against the head-board of the bed, and when inuse the entire device is hid from view.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a strip and a frame, of a crank-shaftpivot-ally connected with the strip and the frame, and spring or springsconnecting an arm on the shaft with the strip, substantially as setforth.

2. The combination, with a strip, of a crossbar secured thereto andhaving a recess at its center, a crank-shaft mounted on said bar, abracket projecting downwardly from the bar, springs connecting thecrank-shaft. and bracket, arms at the ends of said shaft, and a framecarried by said arms, substantially as set forth.

3. In a pillow-sham holder, the combination, with a strip, of a barsecured thereto, a crank-shaft mounted on said bar, a bracket projectingfrom said bar, springs connecting the crank-shaft with said bracket,arms 011 9:)

said shaft, a frame carried by said arms, and a tape secured to one edgeof said frame, substantially as set forth.

4;. In a pillow-sham holder, the combination, with a strip, -of acrank-shaft having 5 its crank located at the center of said strip, armsprojecting from said shaft, a frame carried by said arms, a bracketsecured to said strip, and springs connecting said bracket with thecrank-shaft at the center of said strip, substantially as set forth. 7

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM JOHNSTON. Witnesses:

AMos HOLGATE, LOUISE ALLEN.

